Index to volume 327 - BMJ Group

— Cultural safety and the health of adolescents (NJ Gray, et al).
327:457 (R) (correction, 556)
— Die and let live (A Pittard). 327:1355 (R)
— The doctors’ mess: the unsung resource (J Raw). 327:689 (R)
— Failure (CA Pierach). 327:569 (R)
— Failures can be the pillars of success (A Panja). 327:1115 (R)
— The ®rst world’s role in the third world brain drain (LF
Levy). 327:170 (R), 929 (L) (correction, 1016), 930 (L)
— Freddie (S Stephenson). 327:236 (R)
— Freedom from pain goes a long way to a “good death” (J
Riley). 327:235 (R)
— The good of small things (MJ Marret). 327:234 (R)
— Has the President’s Council on Bioethics missed the boat? (L
Turner). 327:629 (R)
— How we should deal with John Doe (P Desikan). 327:349 (R)
— I dread not death but dying (B Allt). 327:237 (R)
— Lessons we can learn from organ retention (G Derrick).
327:996 (R)
— Listen to the patient (B Kirkup). 327:401 (R)
— Patients, doctors, and sickness bene®t (B Nilsson, et al).
327:1057 (R)
— A perfect death? (J Morris). 327:236 (R)
— Poppies in Kosovo, gerbera daisies in Basra (C Du#). 327:297
(R)
— Reporting risk—that’s entertainment (G Easton). 327:756
(R), 1404 (L)
— Risk, statistics, and the individual (G Shelford). 327:757 (R)
— Should elderly patients be made to sit in chairs? (M Bliss).
327:997 (R), 1349 (L)
— Sperm you can bank on (A Pacey). 327:1354 (R)
— A tight squeeze (BT Maurer). 327:817 (R)
— A time to ask what you want of WHO (K Baverstock).
327:111 (R)
— Tribal health policy in New Zealand (T Turia). 327:456 (R)
— What it’s really like at the coalface (J Stokes). 327:59 (R)
— When ignorance is not bliss (W Jones). 327:877 (R)
— Who should take care of children with epilepsy? (RN
Chinthapalli). 327:1413 (R)
— Who’d be a reformer? (J Shepherd). 327:1295 (R)
Peskett S, et al, A career check for medical managers BMJ Careers
327:s179 (6 December 2003)
Peters L, see Marquet RL. 327:201
Peters M, see Higgs R. 327:53
Petrie N, Dosh for dummies BMJ Careers 327:s115 (11 October
2003)
Pfe#er NH, Time to clarify e#ect of socioeconomic class on subfertility.
327:872 (L)
pharmacogenetics, Pharmacogenetics: Ethical Issues (D Singh).
327:701 (N)
pharmacology, career advice (D Smethhurst) BMJ Careers
327:s161 (22 November 2003)
Philipp R
— et al, ABC of interventional cardiology. Interventional pharmacotherapy.
327:43 (C)
— et al, Managing sick employees (Tips on...) BMJ Careers
327:s78 (6 September 2003)
Phillips M, see Lane R. 327:115
photodynamic therapy, macular degeneration: NICE recommendation
(S Mayor). 327:698 (N)
physiotherapy
— cost e#ectiveness, comparison with manual therapy and GP
care for neck pain. 327:395 (L)
— respiratory, after cardiac surgery: systematic review (P
Pasquina, et al). 327:1379 (P)
Picado C, see Bjermer L. 327:891
Pickard S, et al, Can gynaecology teaching associates provide high
quality e#ective training for medical students in the United
Kingdom? Comparative study. 327:1389 (LP)
Pickering S, et al, ABC of subfertility. Further advances and uses of
assisted conception technology. 327:1156 (C)
Pickering WG, Systematic clinical accountability is required.
327:1109 (L)
Pickersgill TP
— et al, Specialist registrars acting up as consultants BMJ
Careers 327:s107 (4 October 2003)
— see Hadjikoutis S. 327:905
Pierach CA, Failure (Personal view). 327:569 (R)
pigmented skin lesions, diagnostic aid evaluation in general practice
(DR English, et al). 327:375 (PC), 1167 (L)
Pik N, What is a good death? 327:1048 (L)
Pincock S
— Nearly 50 000 adults in the United Kingdom now have HIV.
327:1245 (N)
— Patients put their relationship with their doctors as second
only to that with their families. 327:581 (N)
— Plan launched to tackle hospital infections. 327:1366 (N)
— Schistosomiasis initiative extended to ®ve more countries.
327:1307 (N)
— Science forced to retract article on “ecstasy". 327:579 (N)
— WHO tries to tackle problem of counterfeit medicines in
Asia. 327:1126 (N)
Piper J, see Pickard S. 327:1389
Pirmohamed M
— et al, Monitoring drug treatment. 327:1179 (E)
— see Suvarna R. 327:1454
Pirozzo S, et al, Whispered voice test for screening for hearing
impairment in adults and children: systematic review.
327:967 (PC)
Pitches D, et al, How to make a silk purse from a sow’s ear—a
comprehensive review of strategies to optimise data for corrupt
managers and incompetent clinicians (Snakes, ladders,
and spin). 327:1436
Pittard A, Die and let live (Personal view). 327:1355 (R)
place of death, children and young people with cancer in England
(IJ Higginson, et al). 327:478 (P)
plague
— mistake that might have been my last (D Landsborough).
327:598
— US expert indicted on missing bacteria charges (JH Tanne).
327:699 (N)
— US expert trial conviction (JH Tanne). 327:1307 (N)
plantar fasciitis, extracorporeal shock wave therapy: randomised
trial (M Haake, et al). 327:75 (P), 870 (L)
plastic surgery, eternal youth (I Loe er) (Soundings). 327:1235
(R)
Platt JC, see Atapattu PCD. 327:1338
Plavinskaya SI, see Plavinski SL. 327:751
Plavinski SL, et al, Increase in mortality in Russia in the 1990s.
327:751 (L)
Plummer, Norman Swift, Two memorable physicians (R
Gabriel). 327:479
pneumonia, US troops in Iraq (S Gottlieb). 327:358 (N)
pneumonia vaccine, Wyeth pushes for all children under 2 (L
Tite). 327:1249 (N)
POEM* see also evidence based medicine
— Anti-in ammatories don’t slow cognitive decline in
Alzheimer’s. 327 (13 September 2003)
— Antibiotics are no better than placebo for symptoms of
sinusitis. 327 (8 November 2003)
— Aspirin protects women at risk of pre-eclampsia without
causing bleeding. 327 (15 November 2003)
— Consider turning breech presentations at 34-36 weeks. 327
(13 December 2003)
— Continuous use of combined contraceptive pill minimises
vaginal bleeding. 327 (26 July 2003)
— Diuretics should be ®rst line treatment for hypertension. 327
(30 August 2003)
— Ginkgo biloba may help tinnitus, but needs further investigation.
327 (20 September 2003)
— Glucosamine improves joint mobility for 1 in 5 patients with
osteoarthritis. 327 (6 December 2003)
— Herbal tea helps reduce the pain of acute pharyngitis. 327 (27
September 2003)
— Hip protectors are ine#ective for preventing hip and pelvic
fractures. 327 (2 August 2003)
— Impermeable bed covers don’t help allergic rhinitis. 327 (18
October 2003)
— Lifetime risk of mole transforming to melanoma is very low.
327 (5 July 2003)
— New antipsychotic drugs are slightly better than older ones.
327 (23 August 2003)
— Only a third of people with chronic fatigue have chronic
fatigue syndrome. 327 (29 November 2003)
— Oral clindamycin for aymptomatic bacterial vaginosis in early
pregnancy reduces premature births. 327 (19 July 2003)
— Oxybutynin is preferred to tolterodine for overactive bladder.
327 (1 November 2003)
— Paroxetine may help with hot ushes. 327 (4 October 2003)
— Red clover is no better than placebo for hot ushes. 327 (25
October 2003)
— Routine use of magnetic resonance scans for back pain
increases costs without improving pain or function. 327 (11
October 2003)
— Soy-derived iso avones don’t help hot ushes. 327 (9 August
2003)
— Tap water is as good as sterile saline to irrigate simple lacerations.
327 (16 August 2003)
— treatment of type 2 diabetes review article survey (AF
Shaughnessy, et al). 327:266 (IP), 811 (L)
— Type of antidepressant is not linked to suicide rates. 327 (12
July 2003)
— Warming diphtheria-tetanus vaccines doesn’t reduce pain.
327 (6 September 2003)
— When DNA test for HPV is negative, patients are unlikely to
have cervical cancer. 327 (22 November 2003)
Pogue L, Working as a GP with a special interest in mental health
BMJ Careers 327:s33 (2 August 2003)
point of care testing
— overview (ET Murray, et al). 327:5 (E)
— reliability of international normalised ratios (L Poller, et al).
327:30 (PC)
poisoning, self, co-proxamol and, national mortality statistics and
local non-fatal self-poisonings. 327:287 (L)
Poland see also Europe
— tobacco industry, price war to o#set tax rises (A Gilmore).
327:948 (N)
polio
— inactivated vaccine (G Mudur). 327:769 (N)
— WHO campaign relaunch (F Fleck). 327:466 (N)
Poller L, et al, Reliability of international normalised ratios from
two point of care test systems: comparison with
conventional methods. 327:30 (PC)
Pollock AM
— et al, New deal from the World Trade Organization. 327:571
(E)
— et al, NHS and the Health and Social Care Bill: end of
Bevan’s vision? 327:982 (ED)
— see Kerrison S. 327:553
— see McNally N. 327:550
Polo J, see Rivas P. 327:711
Poloniecki JD, see Tekkis PP. 327:1196
Polos PG, see Bjermer L. 327:891
polycystic ovary syndrome, metformin and, systematic review
and meta-analysis (JM Lord, et al). 327:951 (P)
polypill see under cardiovascular diseases
polytrauma, shock (PE Pepe). 327:1119 (E)
Ponsonby A-L
— see Glasgow NJ. 327:659
— see van der Mei IAF. 327:316
Pope C, see Murphy DJ. 327:1132
population
— on internet (A Iles) (Website of the week). 327:628 (R)
— Primary Mother Care and Population (Mola, et al, eds) (Books).
327:626 (R)
Porter C, Paying for bmj.com. 327:1347 (L)
portfolio careers, John Lwanda (J Lwanda) BMJ Careers
327:s118 (11 October 2003)
Portnay EL, see Curtis JP. 327:1322
postmenopause, osteoarthritis treatment (A Crannery). 327:355
(E), 1051 (L)
postmortems
— death of teaching autopsy (G O’Grady). 327:802 (ED)
— family attitudes to research using samples from (C Womack,
et al). 327:781 (P)
— obtaining consent (MB McDermott). 327:804 (ED)
postnatal depression see depression, postnatal
postoperative complications see also surgery, operative
— nausea and vomiting, treatment (MR Tramèr). 327:762 (E)
— Scotland, steady fall (B Christie). 327:1367 (N)
postoperative mortality see also mortality
— colorectal cancers, prospective national study (PP Tekkis, et
al). 327:1196 (P)
— gastro-oesophageal cancers (PM McCulloch, et al). 327:1192
(P)
— lobectomy, useful surgical quality standard? (T Treasure, et
al). 327:73 (P)
— NCEPOD report: Who Operates When? (S Mayor). 327:1183
(N)
Potts R, Role of living liver donation. 327:1287 (L)
poverty see also socioeconomic factors
— Edinburgh 1840. Endpiece (JH Baron). 327:1225
— e#ectiveness of out-of-home day care for disadvantaged families
(T Toroyan, et al). 327:906 (PC)
Powell J, see Li ACY. 327:990
Powell, John Christopher, Obituary (RM Simpson). 327:685
Power C
— see Hyppönen E. 327:898
— see Li L. 327:904
Power, Roy, sabbatical locum work interview (R MacDonald)
BMJ Careers 327:s124 (18 October 2003)
Powers M, In uence of the law on risk and informed consent.
Commentary: communicating risk in the United Kingdom.
327:735 (ED)
Powlson M, “Polypill” to ®ght cardiovascular disease. 327:807
(L)
practice guidelines see guidelines
Prakash K, see Rahmathullah L. 327:254
Pravinkumar E, Rate and rhythm are important in critically ill
patients. 327:931 (L)
prayer, retroactive prayer: preposterous hypothesis? (B
Olshansky, et al) (History and mystery). 327:1465
pregnancy see also birth weight; depression, postnatal; labour
— ABC of resuscitation (S Morris, et al). 327:1277 (C)
— average energy intake among women: boy/girl comparison.
327:621 (L), 622 (L)
— diabetes, outcome in northeast England and in Norway (C
Hawthorne, et al) 321:730 (P) (RETRACTION, 327:905,
correction 1016). 929 (L)
— interpregnancy interval and preterm birth and neonatal death
risk (GCS Smith, et al). 327:313 (P) (correction, 851)
— non-steroidal anti-in ammatory drugs exposure and miscarriage
risk (D-K Li, et al). 327:368 (P)
— outcome of changing partner between ®rst two births and (LJ
Vatten, et al). 327:1138 (P)
— rights (E Kothandaraman) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 327:s60
(23 August 2003)
prehospital care, tracheal intubation in severely injured patients:
Denmark (EF Christensen, et al). 327:533 (P)
prenatal care, NICE guidance (S Mayor). 327:1009 (N)
Prendergast BD, Prehospital thrombolysis. 327:1 (E)
Prentice AM, Intrauterine factors, adiposity, and hyperinsulinaemia.
327:880 (E)
preregistration house o$cers see also doctors
— growing algorithms from seed (C Douglas) (Soundings).
327:509 (R)
Prescott P, see Radcli#e MJ.327:251
Prescott RJ, see MacCarthy PA. 327:78
prescriptions, drug see also drug industry; drugs
— antidepressants and suicide: Australia 1991-2000: 327:288
(L) (correction, 586), 289 (L) (correction, 586)
— concordance not yet practised (G Jones). 327:819 (E)
— delayed prescriptions (B Arroll, et al). 327:1361 (E)
— dyspepsia, test and treat v. omeprazole. 327:811 (L)
— ethics: wolf in sheep’s clothing (I Heath). 327:856 (ED)
— heroin, value is uncertain (S Mayor). 327:638 (N)
— how doctors can be more e#ective (G Elwyn, et al). 327:864
(ED)
— methadone, e#ect of national guidelines: England 1990-2001
(J Strang, et al). 327:321 (P)
— US, rethinking prescribing (A Ellner). 327:1397 (ED)
Preston, Frank Samuel, Obituary (WM Dixon). 327:813
Preston, George Mason, Obituary (RHS Mindham). 327:993
preventive medicine
— Dr Dan (N Marks) (TV). 327:1234 (R)
— how to be healthy without doctors. One hundred years ago.
327:391
Price D
— E#ect of NSAIDs on risk of Alzheimer’s disease. 327:752 (L)
— see Neuberger J. 327:676
— see Pollock AM. 327:571, 982
Price JM, On abandoning ties and avoiding nose rings. 327:345
(L)
Price L, see Keeling P. 327:27
Price RD, et al, Room for improvement. 327:1464
Priddy, Ebun Willie Robert Gorham, Obituary (E Luke, et al).
327:1112
Prigerson HG, et al, In search of a good death. 327:222 (L)
primary care trusts see also general practice
— change management: qualitative case studies (MN Marshall,
et al). 327:599 (PC)
primary health care see also general practice
— acute low back pain, prognosis: systematic review (LHM
Pengel, et al). 327:323 (PC)
— coronary disease prevention, insights from modelling
incremental cost e#ectiveness (TP Marshall). 327:1264 (PC)
(correction, 328:209)
— depression, criteria and severity of symptoms (DE Nease, et
al). 327:1030 (PC)
— electronic medical records, regression or progression?
327:622 (L)
— obesity management, improvement (H Moore, et al).
327:1085 (PC)
— otitis externa treatment (FAM van Balen, et al). 327:1201 (PC)
— pulmonary embolism diagnosis. 327:393 (L)
— soap usage audit (A Stone) (Ward round). 327:1453
— Tony Copperfield’s Primary Care Scream (Copper®eld) (Books).
327:294 (R)
— vision disorders, screening older people (L Smeeth, et al).
327:1027 (PC)
primary school children, physical education in total physical
activity (KM Mallam, et al). 327:592 (P)
Pringle M, see Hippisley-Cox J. 327:51
Pringle SD, see Pedley DK. 327:22
Pringle TH, see Pedley DK. 327:22
priority setting, New Zealand, quality improvement perspective
and healthcare funding decisions (A Bloom®eld, et al).
327:439 (ED) (correction, 987)
prisons
— mental health, in uence of environmental factors (J Nurse, et
al). 327:480 (PC), 989 (L)
— smoking cessation dilemmas (JA Colclough). 327:29
— suicide, women prisoners, record high (O Dyer). 327:122 (N)
private ®nance initiative see also National Health Service
— looking on bright side (C Douglas) (Soundings). 327:1355 (R)
— Scotland, downsizing of acute in-patient beds. 327:395 (L)
private practice, surgery centres for NHS patients proposal (S
Mayor). 327:640 (N)
probability, risk comprehension tools (G Gigerenzer, et al).
327:741 (ED), 1403 (L)
Procopio M, More on preventing skin cancer. 327:1227 (L)
prognosis, heart failure with preserved left ventricular systolic
function (PA MacCarthy, et al). 327:78 (P)
Prosser DC, “Author pays” publishing model. 327:53
prostate cancers
— epidemiology, large increases (A Ferriman). 327:1306 (N)
— prevention, ®nasteride (JH Tanne). 327:9 (N)
— randomised controlled trials, design and conduct improvement.
327:105 (L)
— testing
——high result in prostate speci®c antigen test (M Mokete, et
al) (10-minute consultation). 327:379 (PC), 1227 (L)
——poor reliability (S Gottlieb). 327:249 (N), 750 (L)
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